Kids can learn through imaginative and creative pretend play. They'll experiment with self-expression, routine interactions such as shopping or getting food at a restaurant, and social situations. By being in charge of what happens in their city, kids can feel empowered to try out different roles, practice different actions, or simply enjoy getting to call the shots. If kids play with a friend, they'll also work on social skills such as collaboration, compromise, and team problem solving. When paired with extension activities and offscreen imagination games, Toca Life: City can be one high-quality, fun piece in kid-driven play.

Parents need to know that Toca Life: City is like a virtual dollhouse in which kids can explore, imagine, and play. It joins the previously titled - now Toca Life: Town - in a Toca Life series the developers describe as its 'storytelling' app series. As usual, there are no rules, no guidelines, and no right or wrong way to play. Kids simply poke around four city areas and experiment. A recently added feature allows kids to record their voice as they moves things around on the screen, and save their stories to the device: For this, they'll need access to the microphone and the camera roll.

Home / Toca Life: Town. Toca Life: Town. Posted byDavid Calender January 2, 2020 January 8, 2020. Interactive play with town jobs/people. School District of. Oct 21, 2018  This week, Toca Boca announced that it's amazing app game called Toca Life Town is FREE for a limited time. I'm a huge fan of Toca Boca games, but for.

There's an icon on the home screen that features weekly videos and silly facts about the Toca Life characters. In their device's settings menu, parents can turn off the music, or hide the Weekly News and Toca news icons. A short letter from the developer and articles on the website provide inspiration and suggestions for how to best accompany kids on this adventure. TOCA LIFE: CITY has four places to visit: a mall, a loft apartment, a hair salon, and a food truck park.

In each, kids choose as many characters as they want and use their imaginations to make up stories as they explore the almost infinite number of things to do. Shop for clothes, groceries, or pets; color and style hair; prepare sushi or order fish and chips at the food truck of your choice; invite some friends over for a party, then water the plants and read a book before getting into PJs, turning off the lights, and going to bed. There are no rules, objectives, or a linear story to follow. This kind of open-ended, imagination-driven, kids-in-charge play is truly important for kids, and though Toca Boca creates magical worlds, there are still limitations. Overall, the design is very appealing, with lots of interactive layers.

However, some aspects are a bit disappointing; for example, the hair salon could be more interactive and better developed, and it would be nice to see the characters react more to what kids do with them. The bigger question is whether a screen is the best platform for imaginative play. The power of kids' imaginations is remarkable: They may be better off when they truly are in charge and can create literally anything and everything with something as simple as a cardboard box. Yet, given the limitations of what an app can do, Toca Life: City is a more than decent attempt at inspiring creativity and pretend play.Families can talk about what kids see in this virtual city and how much it's the same as or different from what they see in their real-life cities (or towns).Play with your kids and let them take the lead as they dictate what happens throughout the city. Always follow their lead, but provide helpful relevant suggestions that can make their play more meaningful, such as, 'I see you've invited some friends over to your apartment. What do you think you can do together?'

.Encourage screen-free creative and pretend play with dress-up clothes and props. For example, an extra sheet can make a great cape, or faces drawn on popsicle sticks can be puppets.

.App Store Best of 2014.You rule this Town, a play world where anything and everyone is welcome! With different locations and many classic Toca Boca characters, the everyday adventures in Town are infinite.EXPLOREMove around in town! Visit the store to buy groceries, stop by the restaurant to cook lunch, and head home to watch movies with friends. Run over to the park for a picnic and go for a swim in the pond. Build a sand castle or go on an adventure in the dark? In this Town you decide!CREATEPlay cops and robbers today and hide and seek tomorrow, the story is up to you. Use your imagination to create your own world and play together with friends and family.DISCOVERThere are treasures hidden everywhere.

Turn on and off lights, toss garbage in the bins, or wrap up a present in the store to give to friends. Throw stones in the pond and tap the sun for day and night. Remember there are no rules so don't be afraid to interact with anything, even the toilet!TOCA LIFEToca Life is a series of apps that takes you beyond the map of Toca Life: Town and let you discover new places within the Toca Life universe.FEATURES- 24 characters to play with. Do you recognize any of them?- 6 locations to explore - park with a pond, store, police station, restaurant, house & apartment- 30 different dishes to cook in the restaurant- Go on adventure - light a campfire and sleep in a tent- Control day and night- 5 different animals to play with- Open game play with no rules or stress- Kid-friendly interface- No third-party advertising- No in-app purchasesToca Life: Town is made for kids as young as 3 yet can capture the imagination of those much older. Igs arcade.

It's filled with surprises and exciting things to do - there are no limits, just fun! Come play!For more updates and fun things follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/tocaboca or like us on Facebook: Facebook.com/tocaboca.ABOUT TOCA BOCAAt Toca Boca, we believe in the power of play to spark kids’ imaginations and help them learn about the world.

We design our products from the kids' perspective to empower kids to be playful, to be creative and to be who they want to be. Our products include award-winning apps that have been downloaded more than 130 million times in 215 countries and offer fun, safe, open-ended play experiences. Learn more about Toca Boca and our products at tocaboca.com.PRIVACY POLICYPrivacy is an issue that we take very seriously. To learn more about how we work with these matters, please read our privacy policy: http://tocaboca.com/privacy. Rosa778, Amazing but 1 thing 😊😕It’s an amazing app and I love toca life so much but there’s one thing that I don’t why you didn’t fix before the update. I don’t know if just my version of the app that’s doing that, it’s just a little problem. It’s not a huge problem that’s you still have a glowing 5 stars from me.

Although the problem is in the kids bedroom in the main house when you take things of the shelf’s you can’t put them back it basically glitches out please reply and fix it. It’s still a great game and games. Please reply but still keep up the good work 😊. Claybone59, Absolutely fabulous!This game is ( reference coming) absolutely fabulous! I love it and I'm 11.

I've noticed that the locations in each game vary from 5-6 so I had an idea about a game you could make called 'toca work'. The locations would be a hospital for the sick;an office; a factory;a restaurant ( I know there's one in the town) and maybe a fire station or a library or something.That's just what I think anyway, there are tons of possibilities and I'm not here to talk about other -or future - apart from this. The culling of stratholme entrance. Like I said, this game is absolutely fabulous and it would be a crime not to have it.😎. Book Nerd 27, Desperately needs updateThis is a good game. I love some of the features, like the capsule-machine in the store and the pond in the park. But it seems really dated. For example, you can only make the sun come up and down in the park, you can't change the clothes, items aren't stackable, the people-bank (I have no idea what else to call it) is all one line, and I'm not entirely sure what it is, but it just looks older than all the others.

It really needs to be updated so it's more like the newer toca life games. I have them all, and this is probably my least favourite because of the things you are not able to do.